Musician Hall of Fame

The John Moore Memorial Trophy

In 1999 The Stafford Jazz Society created an annual award for its elected “Musician of the Year”. The Award honours the memory and the service to our Society of John Moore who for 13 years, from 1982 to 1995, was our Chairman.

The Trophy is an oak plaque created by a final year student at Staffordshire University’s School of Art & Design. The timber was taken from an 18th Century banqueting table bought from a demolished country house in North Staffordshire. It incorporates The Stafford Jazz Society’s logo created by Frank Nichols and the opening notes of Georgia on my Mind the signature tune of the legendary jazz musician Nat Gonella who became a Life Member of The Stafford Jazz Society.

About Stafford Jazz Society

Stafford Jazz Society was founded in 1981 to promote and sustain an appreciation of jazz in all its forms.